"I want to take the word Christianity back to Christ himself, back to that mighty heart whose pulse seems to throb through the world to-day, that endless fountain of charity out of which I believe has come all true progress and all civilization that deserves the name .. I go back to that great Spirit which contemplated a sacrifice for the whole of humanity. That sacrifice is not one of exclusion, but of an infinite and endless and joyous inclusion. And I thank God for it."

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Source : "What is Religion?". Speech at the "Parliament of World Religions", Columbian Exposition, Chicago World's Fair, 1893.

Julia Ward Howe

#Believe Quotes #Heart Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes

“Orthodoxy: That peculiar condition where the patient can neither eliminate an old idea nor absorb a new one.”
“The modern marketer is: an experimenter, a lover of data, a content creator, a justifier of ROI.”
“I haven't done a lot of studio movies, but studio movies and independent films are always just as fun as each other.”

Source : "SXSW 2014: Kodi Smit-McPhee Talks THE WILDERNESS OF JAMES, Being Free with the Character, DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 09, 2014.
“We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.”
“I write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house.”
“The day after the president Trump election, I remember feeling like it was 1984 again. It was in the air somehow. That ownership of bigotry. I hadn't seen it since I was a kid. It made me want to change the kinds of poems I was writing, but I'm terrible at writing overtly political poems.”

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“And I'd watch George C. Scott from backstage. He was one of my mentors.”
“There's something to be said for useless days. You know, those days when you have nothing to do and all day to do it ... Trust me, a beach and a bottomless drink may not cure the world's problems but it can really get your head in the right place. Those are my favorite kind of days.”

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